According to Lu Xiao, the information he obtained came from the group of refugees he had rescued before. The most mentioned word among the refugees was the Holy Capital located in the eastern part of the desert.
Romani asked thoughtfully: "Is it the holy city of Jerusalem?"
"No, at least not now."
Lu Xiao explained: "The group of refugees who called themselves the People of the Mountain mentioned that the Holy City of Jerusalem no longer exists, and the Crusaders led by Richard the Lionheart were also defeated by the Knights from the Holy City."
"Lionheart?!"
Romani, who was far away in Chaldea, cried out: "How is that possible!"
"Richard the Lionheart was the King of England during the Third Crusade, and your era was the last one, which was the Fifth Crusade. There is no way that the Lionheart is still alive!"
"Calm down, Romani Achiman."
Lu Xiao continued to explain calmly: "I didn't say that the Lion-Hearted King is alive. After in-depth analysis of the information provided by the refugees, I think that this 'Richard' is most likely an imposter and a false heroic spirit, sent by the Magic King Solomon.
A chess piece that disrupts human logic in this era.”
"Ha~ My stomach is starting to hurt."
After Lu Xiao explained in detail, Romani rubbed his belly with his hands.
"In other words, the Magic King's chess piece was killed by another 'Lion King' before it could take effect, and the so-called Holy Capital was built on the ruins of Jerusalem?"
"That's probably it."
Lu Xiao squatted down and drew a triangle on the ground: "This era has nothing to do with the Crusades calculated by Chaldea. Now the entire world can be roughly divided into three parties."
"The first is Egypt, which is entrenched in the desert and is commanded by Pharaoh Ramesses II. Under his command are the Egyptian magic queen Nitocris and a large number of stone statues of the gods, the Sphinx."
"The second is the local aborigines scattered and living in seclusion in the northern part of the desert, led by the Assassin Order, which is the force behind the group of refugees I met before."
"Lastly, there is the Lion King who occupied the ruins of Jesus Salem and built a city. It is not yet possible to know their details. We only know that the Lion King has several brave and skilled knights under his command. These knights are likely to be heroic spirits."
"Are the three pillars..."
Da Vinci touched his chin thoughtfully: "You are saying that if we want to find out the details of the singularity, it is best to establish a good relationship with one of the three major forces?"
Fujimaru scratched his hair with a headache: "Choose one of the three, it seems that neither side is very friendly."
Lu Xiao suggested at this time: "I have a suggestion."
"I had some connections with the Assassin Order before I became a Heroic Spirit. In order to improve efficiency, let's split up for the time being."
"I will go to the mountainous area in the northern part of the desert to contact the mountain people, and you will try to visit the Pharaoh, the lord of the desert, to obtain information."
"A week later there will be the holy capital's monthly holy ceremony. We will meet at the gate of the holy capital at that time."
"Um……"
Da Vinci hesitated for a moment: "Although spreading the troops will lead to a decrease in combat effectiveness, in order to obtain more information related to the singularity, this is the only way for the time being."
…
Atlas Court is located right between the mountains and the center of the desert, and Lu Xiao and the Chaldean trio are moving in completely opposite directions.
After confirming that Leonardo da Vinci's all-terrain vehicle was gone, Lu Xiao used the yellow sand and air to shape a big earth-yellow bird.
Jumping on the back of the puppet bird, the big bird without intelligence immediately spread its wings and took off under the control of Lu Xiao.
Looking to the far west of the desert with clairvoyance, Lu Xiao could clearly see the boundary of this world. The strange scene that looked like a space fault made Lu Xiao's face look a little solemn.
"Sure enough, the holy spear has begun to retreat, we must seize the time."
Since the arrival of the Lion King, the land where the Sixth Singularity is located has been stripped away from the normal world. Lu Xiao, who possesses A-level clairvoyance, can easily see the edges of the world that should not exist.
Out of touch with the world, this land enters a state of chronic death.
Except for a few oases in the desert sheltered by Ramses II, there is almost no greenery in the world.
Even after leaving the desert area, it is difficult to find traces of trees in the barren mountainous areas. There are bare rocks everywhere, and from time to time, you can see some strange traces like meteorite craters.
Remaining traces of villages can be seen near each sinkhole. These sinkholes seem to have been made by manpower and specifically used to attack the mountain people.
"Although it is called a tripartite alliance, in fact the strength of the mountain people is far lower than the other two parties. It is a miracle that they can survive until now."
In the final analysis, the Assassin Order is just a group of assassins. In the moon-shaped world where legendary deeds are used to sublimate noble phantoms, the Assassin Order, which has always been good at hiding itself, can hardly get enough legendary deeds.
The same reaction applies to the Fuyuki Holy Grail. The Assassin job agency has always been regarded as weak by other Masters. What most Masters want are the three knights with the strongest comprehensive abilities, Saber, Lancer and Archer.
Even if the Lion King and the Pharaoh King don't take action themselves, they each have capable subordinates.
Although Nitocris looks unreliable, she is also a famous magic queen in ancient Egypt. With the help of the ancient stone puppet Sphinx and the extreme climate, even the powerful Knights of the Round Table are unwilling to enter at will.
desert.
Compared with these two, the Assassin Order had to stand out from the darkness in order to protect its people.
They were forced to abandon the stealth assassination they were best at and fight face to face with the Knights of the Round Table and the Sphinx. It was natural that they would be at a disadvantage.
In order to prevent the remaining villages from being found by the Knights of the Round Table, the people of the mountain hid very deep, and most of their newly built villages were located on the back of the mountain.
The mountainous terrain with complex terrain happens to be an area of combat that the knights are not good at. They will not rush into the mountains to search without the order from the Lion King to avoid being ambushed by the mountain people led by Hassan.
"Found it."
After searching for a day in the barren mountains, Lu Xiao finally discovered a small mountain village on the back of a very hidden mountain col.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
When Lu Xiao directed the puppet bird to descend, a dense and sharp whistle suddenly came from the village.
A large number of locals armed with bows and arrows climbed onto the roof, bent their bows and aimed arrows at Lu Xiao, who was slowly falling.
A dozen assassins wearing black cloaks were mixed among these archers. Among them, a strong woman with a skull mask on her face raised her right hand.
"Archers prepare!"
"shoot!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The dense rain of arrows struck at the big bird in the sky, and soon the puppet bird's abdomen was pierced into a hedgehog.
"receive!"
Lu Xiao jumped out from the back of the big bird, disassembled the structure of the big bird, remade the materials that made it up, and turned it into a thick shield of sand in front of him.
"boom!"
The arrows shot by ordinary mountain people could not break through the defense of the sand shield. Lu Xiao fell straight from a height of tens of meters, relying on the skill of Leap of Faith to fall steadily to the ground.
The large object hit the ground and stirred up a large amount of dust in the village, temporarily covering up where Lu Xiao landed like a smoke bomb.
This village is the West Village guarded by Baimai Hassan. After wiping away the archers on the roof, Baimai Hassan sent a dozen clones into the smoke, but these clones lost their identity in a short period of time.
Contacted.
Bai Mian stared solemnly at the gradually dissipating smoke, hesitating whether to light a beacon to ask for support from other villages.
Once the beacon is lit, the specific location of Nishinomura will be exposed. The guerrilla forces of the Knights of the Round Table have been wandering in the wilderness in the eastern part of the mountain. If they discover Nishinomura, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Tsk! Just wait a little longer, we can't risk the safety of hundreds of people in the village."
After the rising dust completely dissipated, Bai Mian, who was prepared to fight for her life, unexpectedly discovered that the opponent did not assume a fighting posture, and her clone seemed to have no choice but to be knocked unconscious.
Lu Xiao stood there and opened his hands to show that he had no ill intentions: "Miss Hassan, I have no intention of attacking your village."
"On behalf of the survival of humanity, I protect Chaldea and hope to establish friendly relations with the people of the mountain protected by the Assassin Order."